ANNEX 2: STEERING COMMITTEE BIOGRAPHIES
Terms of Reference
The Secretary of State asked Nicholas Shott to advise him on his ambitions for local television in the UK. This was on a pro bono basis and independent of Government.
The brief was to understand how the Government can maximise the potential for local television to emerge in the UK and have a clear view of the value for delivering local TV from the point of potential investors.
In particular to understand the following:
What are the conditions necessary in which local television can be commercially viable;
The scope of revenue opportunities from advertising or other local sources;
Which barriers should be reformed / removed to nurture a new generation of profitable local media companies; and
How existing industry players might help achieve this.
BIOGRAPHIES
Nicholas Shott, Vice Chairman, European Investment Banking & Head of UK Investment Banking, Lazard & Co.
Nicholas Shott joined Lazard in 1991, following a career in the media industry. As well as being Vice Chairman of European Investment Banking and Head of UK Investment Banking, he is European Head and International Co-Head of Media for the firm.
Mr Shott's transaction experience includes advising ITV in relation to a takeover proposal by a private equity consortium; advising Emap on its acquisition of SRH through a successful "bear hug"; advising Premiere TV on its IPO in Germany; advising Hollinger on its sale of The Telegraph Group; advising Granada in numerous situations, including its merger with Carlton to form ITV, the merger with Compass Group, the IPO of Granada Media, the acquisition of United News & Media’s broadcast interests, the demerger of its Hospitality division, the disposal of HTV to Carlton, and the merger of its Rental division with Thorn; advising DMGT in the consolidation of radio interests into GWR Group; advising Tempus in its "hostile sale" to WPP; advising Esporta in its takeover by Duke Street Capital; advising Montagu Private Equity in acquiring BSN Medical; advising Candover Partners in the sale of ISS; advising Private Equity firms in relation to the possible acquisitions of Northcliffe Newspapers and Emap France; advising Permira in relation to its acquisition of All3Media and subsequent acquisition of MME in Germany; advising GMG in relation to the sale of 49% of TMG to Apax; advising the Board of EMAP in relation to the sale of EMAP's consumer media business to Bauer and EMAP's B2B business to Apax; advising the Independent Directors of Shed Media in relation to a possible MBO; advising Carillion in the sale of its IT services business; advising DMGT in the sale of The Evening Standard, advising INM on the sale of The Independent and advising GMG on its recent £150m equity injection to EMAP.
Mr. Shott's clients also include Cookson, Uniq, Quarto and Tui Travel.
Claire Enders
Claire Enders is one of the most experienced TMT analysts and forecasters working in the UK, with 25 years of experience in these sectors, with particular expertise in UK and international media. She is founder and CEO of Enders Analysis, which has become one of the leading independent TMT research companies in the UK. Claire holds an MBA from London Business School.
Richard Eyre
Richard Eyre’s career began in advertising media where he spent 16 years. He became Chief Executive of London’s Capital Radio plc in 1991, after which he was Chief Executive of ITV. In February 2000 he became Chairman and CEO of Pearson Television, producing TV programmes in 35 countries. When Pearson was merged with Bertelsmann’s TV and Radio assets to found RTL, Richard became a Director of Content and Strategy. He is now a full-time non-executive director with board and advisory roles for a range of organisations primarily in media, mobile and the internet where he chairs the Internet Advertising Bureau.
Baroness Kingsmill
Baroness Kingsmill is a member of the House of Lords, whose career has encompassed periods as a leading lawyer, Deputy Chair of the Competition Commission and as a non-executive director of plc, private, charitable, arts and government boards.
Baroness Kingsmill has headed two Government enquiries: one into women’s pay and employment and the other into the manner in which companies manage their Human Capital. In 2007 she led an enquiry on behalf of the Government, the Mayor of London and the British Fashion Council into the role of the fashion industry in eating disorders and women’s health.
Currently, Baroness Kingsmill is a non-executive director of British Airways, Korn Ferry International, Horizon plc and a member of the Microsoft European Policy Council and sits on the PWC Advisory Board. She is a member of the influential House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee. She writes a regular column for Management Today and writes and speaks on a wide range of business and political issues.
Brian Linden
Brian Linden joined Cinven in 1985. Transactions he has been involved in include Truvo, Springer, Aprovia, MediMedia, Dynacast, IPC, Gardner Merchant, NCP and Ziggo. He is a member of the TMT sector team.
Before joining Cinven, Brian worked at Deloitte & Touche. Brian is a Business Finance graduate.
ANNEX 3: LIST OF INDIVIDUALS MET DURING COURSE OF THE STUDY [1]
Will Abbott, Freesat
David Abraham, Channel 4
Geraldine Allinson, KM Group
Sly Bailey, Trinity Mirror
Lluís Borrell, Analysys Mason
Travis Baxter, Bauer
Kevin Beatty, Associated Newspapers
Greg Bensberg, Ofcom
Trevor Birney, Below the Radar
Tim Blott, Herald & Times Group
Daniel Cass, United for Local Television
Alex Connock, Ten Alps
Jamie Conway, Element TV
Charlie Cox, DMGT
Julie Craik, FifeScreen & TayScreen Scotland
John Cresswell
Alan Cummings, Channel 9
Edmund Curran, Belfast Telegraph
Keith Daniell, Digital Nottingham
Geraint Talfan Davies, Institute of Welsh Affairs
Huw Eurig Davies, Boomerang Plus
Jacques de Souze, City TV Broadcasting Ltd
Jaqui Devereux, Community Media Association
Andrew Dixon, Creative Scotland
Mark Dodson, formerly Channel M
Alan Edmunds, Media Wales Ltd
Jim Eglinton, HCVF Television
Dave Ellis, Arqiva
Carolyn Fairbairn, ITV
Steve Folwell, Guardian Media Group
David Fordham, Newspaper Society’s Independent Publishers Forum
John Fry, Johnston Press
Liv Garfield, BT
Mostyn Goodwin, OC&C
Philip Graf, Ofcom
Mike Grant, Analysys Mason
Jason Hadden, City TV Broadcasting Ltd
Richard Halton, Project Canvas (now YouView)
Will Harding, Global Radio
Andrew Harrison, RadioCentre
Leon Hawthorne, Videobite
Khalid Hayat, ITV
Fru Hazlitt, ITV
James Heath, BBC
Phil Henfrey, ITV Wales
Jeff Henry, TellyLinks
Richard Hooper, Former IFNCs Panel Chair
Richard Horwood, Blink TV
John Howells, Department for Heritage (Welsh Assembly Government)
Ilse Howling, Freeview
Steve Hunt, South of Scotland Alliance
Marilyn Hyndman, Northern Visions Television
Fiona Hyslop MSP
Edgar Jardine, Department of Culture, Arts & Leisure (Northern Ireland)
Blair Jenkins, Scottish Digital Network Panel
Alun Ffred Jones AM
Ron Jones, Tinopolis
Marian Kelly, Department of Culture, Arts & Leisure (Northern Ireland)
Pat Loughrey
Michael Macmillan, Macmillan media
Ian Mackenzie, Channel 4
Peter Madry, Ofcom
David Mahoney, Ofcom
Jim Marshall, Aegis Media
Glyn Mathias, Ofcom Advisory Committee for Wales
John McCann, UTV
Stuart McGann, Clyde & Forth Press
Stephen McGowan, Department of Culture, Arts & Leisure (Northern Ireland)
John McEwen
Ian Mecklenburgh, Virgin Media
Kip Meek, Ingenious Media
Peter Miles, SubTV
Paul Moore, Ofcom Content Board Member for Northern Ireland
Martin Mumford, Town and Country Broadcasting
Alistair Murray, Highlands and Islands working group / Bigbox
Dorothy Nixon, Citybeat Radio
Mark Oliver, Oliver & Ohlbaum Associates
Arwel Ellis Owen, S4C
Roger Parry, Mediasquare
Lance Paterson
William Perrin, Talk about Local
Helen Philpot, Channel 7
Gill Pritchard, Channel 4
Stewart Purvis, City University London
Najma Rajah, BBC
Mark Read, WPP
Alan Revell, Blink TV
Carles Riba, MON TV
Ed Richards, Ofcom
Caroline Righton, Caroline Righton Communications
John Rossetti, Taunton TV
Dave Rushton, Institute of local Television
Cathie Russell, South Lanarkshire Council
Fiona Ryder, StreamExchange.tv
Philip Schlesinger, Ofcom Advisory Council for Scotland
Phil Shepherd, Community Media Association
Catherine Smadja, BBC
Adam Smith, GroupM
Bill Smith, Latest TV
Wil Stephens, Cube Interactive
Alan Stewart, Ofcom
Kate Stross, Ofcom
Tim Suter, Perspective Associates
John Tate, BBC
Darwin Templeton, News Letter
James Thickett, Ofcom
Caroline Thomson, BBC
Christopher Thomson, DC Thomson
Mark Thompson, BBC
Brian Thornton, Former MD of ITV Local
Nick Toon, Channel 4
Jannine Waddell, Waddell Media / PACT
Richard Waterstone, MON TV
Marc Watson, BT
Tony Watson, Press Association
David Wheeldon, BSkyB
Richard Wilkins, Scottish Government
Peter Williams, United for Local Television
Rhodri Williams, Ofcom Wales
Richard Williams, Northern Ireland Screen
Michael Wilson, UTV
Denis Wolinski, Ofcom Northern Ireland
Mark Wood, formerly Scottish News Consortium
Rob Woodward, STV
DECEMBER 2010[1]This includes individuals met by Nicholas Shott, members of the Steering Group and the DCMS secretariat